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found: Wikipedia, Sept. 17, 2014(Gabriel Figueroa Mateos, b. Apr. 24 1907 in Mexico City, d. Apr. 27 1997 in Mexico City aged 90; cinematographer who worked both in Mexican cinema and Hollywood. Figueroa made his entry in the movie industry in 1932 as a photographer of stills for the film Revolución of Miguel Contreras Torres. He was later one of the 20 cinematographers hired for the Howard Hawks film Viva Villa!. One of his main collaborators was Emilio Fernández, with whom he shot twenty films, some of which won prizes at the Venice Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Berlin Film Festival. After collaborating with Fernández and Luis Buñuel on their films with such actors as Dolores del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, María Félix, Jorge Negrete, Columba Domínguez, and Silvia Pinal, Figueroa has come to be regarded one of the most influential cinematographers active in México [His son Gabriel Figueroa Flores is also a cinematographer])